Saturday, July 20, 2019 Volume 91, Number 2 Daily Bulletin 91st North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Paul Linxwiler, Chip Dombrowski, Sue Munday Ricker is Teacher of the Year GNT top flight: Vegas For ABTA/ Teacher of the decided to start battles New England, Year Jim Ricker of Knoxville TN, the focus of teaching bridge. teaching bridge is on growing the game. “Teaching He wasn’t So Cal meets NYC them is easy,” Ricker said. “Keeping them is satisfied with any In the Championship Flight of the Grand hard.” of the teaching National Teams, the Vegas-based squad captained Ricker has had a lot of success in keeping materials by Sheri Winestock (Dirstict 17) will face the them. Eight years ago there were 3100 tables at the available – he Boston-centric team (D25) led by Pat McDevitt in seven clubs that use the Knoxville Bridge Center. wanted to teach the semifinal round. In the other semifinal bracket, Last year there were 5800. This 88% growth is 2/1 from the Shailesh Gupta’s squad from D22 (Southern the result of a successful player recruitment and beginning – so California) will play the D24 team (New York development program, he says. “Every limited at the same time City) captained by Joe Grue. game in Knoxville has had 200% growth over he decided to In the quarterfinal round, D17 squeezed out Ira eight years.” write his own Hessel and company (Texas: D16) 89-73. The D25 That’s the length of time Ricker has been textbook. It was team advanced when they handled the LA-based playing. He got dragged into bridge by his wife, a Catch-22: He needed the materials to be able squad led by John Jones (D23) 151-94. Patti, who was retiring then. She wanted to find to teach the class, but he needed the teaching continued on page 7 something “fun, easy and relaxing,” Ricker tells experience to be able to write the book. So he did people, usually to hysterical laughter. Bridge both at the same time, writing a chapter each week wasn’t exactly those things, but they liked it while preparing for that week’s class. Bramley-Woolsey set anyway. Ricker is now a director, a club owner, a pace in von Zedtwitz There was a need for teachers in the area, so teacher, a cook and the author of three books. He Scoring 61.57% and 68.51% respectively in with just two years of playing experience, Ricker the first and second sessions of the von Zedtwitz continued on page 5 LM Pairs, Bart Bramley of Dallas and Kit Woolsey of Kensington CA topped the opening round of removes more titles from the contest. Their carryover for today’s semifinal round is 1096.58. convicted cheaters In second with a carryover of 1058.60 is At its meetings in Las Vegas earlier this week, the first date of any recorded Howard Weinstein of Rancho Mirage CA and Bob the ACBL Board of Directors voted to remove partnership of those pairs in the Hamman of Dallas. titles from pairs expelled from the organization ACBL. Third with 1054.54 is Italy’s Irene Baroni and for collusive cheating. The resolution is more far- Such titles and second- Vasileios Vroustis of Greece. reaching than previous ones taken by the Board. place finishes will be recorded The measure states that the ACBL strips all in official ACBL records as NABC+ titles and second-place finishes from any “Vacated.” Ohio couple player partnership, each of whom has, from the Although the Board considered the additional date of Aug. 22, 2015 onward, been (1) expelled step of elevating the finishing places of all leads Bruce LM Bob Stitt and Stefanie Stitt of Dayton OH from the ACBL for any reason; or (2) resigned remaining partnerships in all events (except posted the best score in the opening round of the for the purpose of avoiding possible disciplinary knockouts) where such titles had been stripped, Bruce Life Master Pairs, limited to players with actions; or (3) suspended for ethical violations. it ultimately rejected that idea. The standings of fewer than 6000 . Further, the approved motion strips any all other pairs and teams from affected contests The Stitts scored 66.20% in the afternoon NABC+ titles and second-place finishes held by remain unchanged. session and 57.32% in the second set to lead the such pairs, or by teams including such pairs, to field of qualifiers going into today’s semifinal round. 1916–2019 In second is the California duo of Marc Renson and Bob Sanner. They were first after the Grand Life Master and ACBL Hall of Famer fled Europe in 1940 afternoon session, scoring 68.85%, but dropped to George Rosenkranz died June 23 at his home in to escape the rise of second following a 53.58% game in the evening Atherton CA. He was 102. fascism. Although session. Rosenkranz, a 12-time NABC champion, was he planned to In third is another California-based pair: James also a bidding theorist and author. Developer of relocate to , Weeks and Neil Stern. the , he invented the Mexican 2♦, he became stranded the Rosenkranz double and redouble, and spiral in , , cuebidding. He authored or co-authored a dozen in December 1941, Georgia pair leads Young The Atlanta-based duo of Santhosh Karnik and books on bridge. with the entrance of Zhuangdi Xu set the pace in the opening round For several years, Rosenkranz wrote a column the U.S. into World of the Young 0-2500 Pairs. The pair capped a in the Bridge Bulletin, named “Tips for Tops.” War II. It was there, modest 54% game in the afternoon session with a Rosenkranz lived in for decades while researching hormone synthesis, that he met powerful 67.64% set in the evening. and represented that country in several world Edith Stein, a fellow refugee from Europe, and In second is the NYC couple of Valerie championships. they married in 1945. Deneroff and Martin Deneroff, while third place is In 1990, Rosenkranz was named the ACBL Later that year, he was recruited to work for occupied by Tanaaz Timblo and Jayendu Patel of Honorary Member of the Year. He was inducted , a pharmaceutical lab in . Vista CA. into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2000 as the There, Rosenkranz became an integral part of recipient of the Blackwood Award. a team that developed a synthetic hormone for A Hungarian Jew who earned his doctorate in ovulation restraint, later to become commonly chemical engineering in , Rosenkranz continued on page 5 Goodwill Message

Pre-registration information Today is Junior Day. Extend a special Pre-registration for the is required before 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 21. Entries may be welcome to our younger players. They are the purchased in the Gracia Ballroom, third floor. future of bridge. Pre-registration is required for the Mini-Spingold KO Teams (6000 and 2500) before 11 a.m. on Sandy DeMartino, Chair Tuesday, July 23. Entries may be purchased in the Gracia Ballroom, third floor. Goodwill Committee Page 2 Saturday, July 20, 2019 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS All meetings are at The Cosmopolitan. 8:30–10 am Audrey Grant’s Modern Techniques for Bridge Saturday, July 20 Teachers and Club Managers. Audrey Grant’s hands-on Junior Day approach and creative use of the table, cards and bidding 8 am–noon Best Practices Teacher Workshop. Session two of three. boxes keeps students engaged, excited and focused. She Learn modern teaching techniques in this interactive will share these teaching techniques in this 90-minute course which includes hands-on experience. Pre- seminar. Fee: $20 covers materials. Condesa 3, second registration required. Assessments will be Monday and floor Tuesday. Condesa 5, second floor 9–10 am ACBL General Membership Meeting. Open to all 9 am–noon ACBL Educational Foundation meeting. Suite 1537, ACBL members. Reports from the executive director, 15th floor director of finance and in-house counsel. Proposals from 9 am–noon Masterpoint Committee meeting. Suite 6113, 61st floor the membership in proper form will be accepted if a 10 am–noon Free Bridge Lesson with followed quorum is present. Gracia Ballroom, third floor by a special game for newer players. Condesa 3, second 10 am–noon Board of Governors meeting. All members of the ACBL floor Board of Governors are invited to attend the Summer 10:30 am–noon Hall of Fame Committee meeting. Bellavista NABC meeting. Gracia Ballroom, third floor Boardroom, second floor 10 am–noon Free Bridge Lesson with Audrey Grant followed by a Noon–2 pm BridgePlus+ Game. A special game for newer (0-20 MP) special game for newer players. Condesa 3, second floor players. 14 boards, no card fee. Brera 2, third floor Noon–2 pm BridgePlus+ Game. A special game for newer (0-20 MP) 1–6 pm Learn Bridge in a Day?™ This popular session is players. 14 boards, no card fee. Brera 2, third floor designed especially for true beginners, those returning 1–5 pm Doubles in a Day. Learn two useful doubles that come up to bridge after long absences and those merely wanting every time you play in this workshop from . to test the waters before committing to formal classes. Fee: $25 at the door (includes textbook). Condesa 3, The concentrated course includes both class instruction second floor and coached play. No pre-registration required. Fee: $25 7:30–10 pm The Kids Table. The world premiere of a documentary covers textbook and door prizes. Condesa 3, second floor film about four millennials learning bridge and competing 6–8:30 pm Learn Bridge in a Day?™ Teacher Accreditation. in their first tournaments. One-hour film at 8 followed Teacher training includes information on organizing and by Q&A with the cast. Fee: $10 or $15 with download. marketing LBIAD as well as maximizing retention rates, Condesa 3, second floor writing effective grant requests and the presentation of Monday, July 22 the seminar. Fee: $75. Condesa 3, second floor Goodwill Day Sunday, July 21 8am–5 pm Best Practices Teacher Assessments. Condesa 5, second 8 am–noon Best Practices Teacher Workshop. Session three floor of three. Learn modern teaching techniques in this 10 am–noon Competition and Conventions Committee meeting. interactive course which includes hands-on experience. Bellavista Boardroom, second floor Pre-registration required. Assessments will be Monday 10:30 am–noon Goodwill Committee meeting. Suite 1537, 15th floor and Tuesday. Condesa 5, second floor 11 am–noon USBF Board meeting. Condesa 8, second floor 5–7 pm Goodwill Reception. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee members only. Condesa 3, second floor

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the Monday, July 22 game! Brera 2 on the third floor of The Cosmopolitan. 9:15 a.m. Barbara Seagram The Killing Lead Saturday, July 20 6:45 p.m. Robert Todd and 9:15 a.m. Jerry Helms The Defensive Mindset Re-Evaluation

Sunday, July 21 9:15 a.m. Lisa Berkowitz Play to Trick One 6:45 p.m. Karen Walker Testing Your Game-Try Decisions

HOSPITALITY Food will be served nightly following the evening session in the Gracia Monday, July 22 Commons on the third floor. Quesadillas. Sunday, July 21 Tuesday, July 23 Ice cream. Vegetable spring rolls.

Parking Bridge Bucks and Parking is free for registered guests at The Cosmopolitan. For others, parking is $15 per day check cashing for self-parking or $20 per day for valet, or $10 Bridge Bucks and check-cashing services will be available outside the and $15 for up to four hours. At Planet Hollywood, Gracia Ballroom on the third floor from 9:30 - 10 a.m. and noon to 1 p.m. parking is free for everyone. Check-cashing limit is $500. Players may purchase Bridge Bucks using all major credit cards.

Continuing Audrey Grant’s seminar aids practicing bridge instructors. Where: Check page 2 of Daily Bulletin Education for When: Sunday, July 21, 8:30-10 a.m. Join us for the following: Teachers ♠ Modern teaching techniques ♠ Elements of Audrey Grant’s Better Bridge ♠ Live engaging demonstration with free lesson from 10 a.m. to noon ♠ Interactive lessons with teacher and student exercises

The cost of the seminar is $20 and includes textbook, seminar and breakfast. For more information, visit betterbridgeteachers.com Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 20, 2019 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS West leads the ♠2, fourth best, to East’s king king and a Take All Your Chances and your ace. Now what? Plan the play. for either will land By Eddie Kantar you your contract, North (Dummy) You are staring at three losers (two spades but if you take the ♠ 9 7 3 and the ♦A), not to mention the ♥K. Working with wrong one, down ♥ A 9 5 3 2 diamonds is out of the question as they will win you go, play the ♦ Q J 10 9 and cash a spade trick reducing you to the heart ace of the longer ♣ 6 finesse. suit (hearts), and If you take the heart finesse and it loses, down if the king doesn’t South (You) you go. But wait! What about the club finesse? If drop, take a finesse ♠ A 5 4 that works, you can discard a spade from dummy in the shorter suit, ♥ Q J 10 8 7 on the ♣A. But wait! What if the club finesse loses clubs. ♦ K 4 and the heart finesse was working all along? The chance of finding the singleton ♥K ♣ A Q 10 Both are 50-50 propositions, but why coupled with the club finesse if the ♥K doesn’t guess when you can “combine”? And guess what? drop, is your best bet. Also, when you lead a After you open 1♥ in fourth seat, partner’s There is a “two-king”’ combining rule. heart to the ace, lead the queen. West may be leap to 4♥ ends the bidding. When dealing with two suits each missing a someone who has covered every honor with an honor since birth. The full deal: Locals Brian Marsh and Gilbert ♠ 9 7 3 Castaneda have been playing ♥ A 9 5 3 2 bridge only four months. They ♦ Q J 10 9 were playing their first session ♣ 6 of their first tournament Friday ♠ Q 10 8 2 ♠ K J 6 afternoon in the 49ers game. ♥ 6 ♥ K 4 They learned bridge in a class ♦ A 8 6 5 ♦ 7 3 2 of mainly theatrical and musical ♣ J 9 8 3 ♣ K 7 5 4 2 performers. “We had no idea what kind of rabbit hole we were ♠ A 5 4 getting into,” Marsh said. “We’re ♥ Q J 10 8 7 here to make lots of mistakes ♦ K 4 and learn a lot.” ♣ A Q 10

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QUALIFIERS IN THE YOUNG 0–2500 PAIRS 28.0 Tables Carryover 1 Santhosh Karnik, Atlanta GA; Zhuangdi Xu, Sugar Hill GA 357.58 2 Valerie Deneroff - Martin Deneroff, New York NY 351.59 3 Tanaaz Timblo - Jayendu Patel, Vista CA 347.04 4 Thomas Peters, Dayton MD; Ernie Schuler, Wheaton MD 345.92 5 Siqing Yu - Frank Dinoff, New York NY 336.99 6 Christopher Moh, New York NY; Lee Lin, New York City NY 336.96 7 Ryley Breiddal, Vancouver BC; Thomas Anderson, North Vancouver BC 335.13 8 Matthew Bribitzer-Stull - Jason Bribitzer-Stull, Bloomington MN 333.69 9 Ping Hu, Naperville IL; Tao Jiang, Xi Chang People’s Republic of China 333.47 10 Emma Kolesnik, Calabasas CA; Amber Lin, Edison NJ 333.24 11 Lisa Mita, Berwyn PA; Susan Morse, Flourtown PA 332.80 12 Jeff Dater - Scott Nason, Dallas TX 332.56 13 Rick Jasper - John Wachsman, San Jose CA 329.69 14 Colin Schloss, Montgomery AL; Nick Migliacci, Las Vegas NV 329.49 15 William Atteberry, Cincinnati OH; Cordell Coy, Lakeside Park KY 328.98 16 Douglas Smith, Carson City NV; Geoffrey Stokes, Vail AZ 328.28 17 Andrew Serafini - Michael Serafini, Calgary AB 326.27 18 Tim Rilling, Vancouver WA; Don Herring, Lake Oswego OR 325.44 You raised nearly $1 million for 19 Rolf Swenson, Silver Spring MD; Richard Wissing, Columbia MD 325.04 Alzheimer’s research and care. 20 Jesse Chao, Oakland CA; Olivia Schireson, Stanford CA 324.21 21 Theo Lichtenstein, Tallahassee FL; Patti Poppell, Thomasville GA 323.75 The total is still rising as donations 22 Patricia Foutz, Christiansburg VA; Frank Wharton, London England 322.90 and table fees are counted, but over 23 Rick Clelland, Boulder CO; Ying Zhang, Longmont CO 321.44 the past seven years, you've help 24 Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA; Cliff Marx, Everett WA 320.31 raise more than $5.5 million 25 Michael Gibson, Sarasota FL; John Rothschild, Elkridge MD 319.55 to support the work of the 26 Pete Cowles, Lynnwood WA; Clay Laughary, Issaquah WA 318.77 Alzheimer's Association. 27 Scott Chupack - JC Chupack, Seattle WA 315.93 28 Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA; Douglas Grant, San Francisco CA 314.66 29 Jacek Leznicki, Verona NJ; Piotr Olszewski, Hackettstown NJ 313.34 30 Laura Schisgall - Stanley Sterenberg, New York NY 313.02 31 Dwayne Brackhahn - Ron Senn, Beaverton OR 310.71 32 Arjun Dhir, Johns Creek GA; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 310.15 33 Kenneth Hopke, Annandale VA; Phil Feldman, Los Angeles CA 309.89 34 Brian Weiner Duran - Gloria McDevitt, Medford MA 309.17 35 Matthew Morgan - Mechel Frost, Nashville TN 308.60 36 Joel Kramer, Minneapolis MN; Bill Dinner, Sands Pointe NY 308.57 37 Mark De Garcia, Columbia MO; Gregory Barnes, Jefferson City MO 308.04 38 Paul Pointet - Lezlie Cullen, Toronto ON 307.93 39 Matthew Grant - Jeff Lane, Scottsdale AZ 307.82 40 Albena-Maria Vassileva, North Bay ON; Darwin Li, Richmond Hill ON 307.16 41 Lynda Hirst, Vancouver WA; Margi Redden, Portland OR 306.80 42 Qing Lu, San Jose CA; Wanwan Ren, Sunnyvale CA 306.24 43 Jung Hu, San Jose CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 303.89 Smoking Policy 44 Ken Rosenfeld, Mountain View CA; Joel Koransky, Saratoga CA 302.85 Smoking is not permitted in the playing area 45 Ray Robert - Rick Prouser, Portland OR 302.75 during any bridge playing event at an NABC. This 46 Mary Peters, Dayton MD; Eileen Inglesby-Hought, Silver Spring MD 301.66 includes electronic smoking devices. 47 Marjorie O’Malley - Charles O’Malley III, San Diego CA 301.44 48 Jack Bierig, IL; Gail Shaps, Northbrook IL 301.28 49 Charles Young - Rich Pestien, Peoria IL 300.86 50 Kamel Haddad, Vista CA; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA 299.53 51 Sitaraman Sathiamoorthy, Olathe KS; Krishna Saha, Overland Park KS 297.70 52 Jay Lucas - Frank Swan, Little Rock AR 295.58 53 Carol Johns - Stephanie Haddy, Scottsdale AZ 294.01 54 Kirk Freyermuth, Beaumont CA; Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA 292.86 55 Kristen Onsgard, Dallas TX; Stefanie Scott, Little Elm TX 291.84 56 Brian Rink - Cindy Casson, Las Vegas NV 290.08

PAIRINGS IN THE SEMIFINAL ROUND OF THE GNTs MOREHEAD CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT GNT SHEINWOLD FLIGHT B GNT 16 Tables 16 Tables / Based on 21 Tables Sheri Winestock - - - Roger Lee - Jordan Lampe, New York NY; Stefano Merlo, Brooklyn NY; , Las Vegas NV; , Paradise Valley Ettore Bianchi, Dobbs Ferry NY; Robert Forster, Little Neck NY AZ vs vs Thomas Rush, Houston TX; Wes Peirce, The Woodlands TX; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX; Bill McCarty, San Antonio TX; Dean Panagopoulos, Lynn MA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Suvabrata Biswas, Katy TX; Ari Sippola, Richardson TX Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT Kevin Marnell - Amy Casanova, Portland OR; Justin Beck, Joe Grue - Gillian Miniter - John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Sherwood OR; Bruce Peterson, Aloha OR; Ben Bomber, Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY Vancouver WA vs vs Shailesh Gupta, Aliso Viejo CA; Sherman Gao - Weidong Pei, Kenny Pan, Irvine CA; Xiao-Yan Gong, Laguna Niguel CA; Brea CA; Bo Liu, Irvine CA Harvey Jaffe - Dustin Stout, Huntington Beach CA

GOLDMAN FLIGHT A GNT MACNAB FLIGHT C GNT 16 Tables 16 Tables Davis Bennett - Jim Johnsen, San Diego CA; Fran White, Qucheng Gong, Newark CA; Jakob Karstens, Emeryville CA; Fallbrook CA; Rick Kerbel, Murrieta CA Andrew Sinclair, Albany CA; Chris Chen, San Francisco CA vs vs Colin Lafferty, Kitchener ON; J Melvin Norton, Burlington Roger Thomas, West Linn OR; Jon Gassaway, Beaverton OR; ON; Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON; John Stevens, St. Mike Goffe - Bruce Backup, Portland OR; Dan Edelstein - Janet Catharines ON; Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON; Doug Andrews, Landesberg, Vancouver WA Etobicoke ON Michael Xu, Palo Alto CA; Brandon Ge, Cupertino CA; Jonathan Joann Court - Joe Veal, Oklahoma City OK; Ann Aliotta - Eric Yue, San Jose CA; Wesley May, Menlo Park CA; Aravind Alwan, Genheimer, Edmond OK Milpitas CA vs vs David Treitel, Miami FL; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; Juan Tim Lee, Arcadia CA; Gregory Tsien - George Tien, Monrovia Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL; James Scott, Wellington FL; CA; Hanna Zhuang, Alhambra CA; Dingan Chen, Upland CA; Edward Schusler, Lady Lake FL; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach David Dai, Baldwin Park CA FL Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 20, 2019 Page 5

Rosenkranz George cut his top-level bridge play back almost Ricker completely so that he could spend time caring for continued from page 1 him. His family was No. 1.” continued from page 1 known as “the pill.” Syntex subsequently Wold said that Rosenkranz’s energy and doesn’t market his books to players for individual developed synthetic cortisone to help people curiosity did not seem to diminish with age. reading but to teachers for use as classroom suffering from joint pain and rheumatoid arthritis. “One of his grandchildren became interested textbooks. Rosenkranz eventually became chief executive in learning to solve a Rubik’s Cube, so George When Ricker started his Wednesday 99er and chairman of Syntex. helped by learning how to do it himself when he game, it was not expected to be successful, he Longtime bridge partner said, was in his 80s. Our last tournament together was says. But he created an experience that was a “I’ve met lots of really smart people in the bridge at a regional in northern California. George was draw, starting with a 30-minute lesson, serving world, but George was extraordinary. He knew almost 90, but we played four-handed and won a full meal and concluding each game with a something about almost every topic, especially two top-flight knockout events back-to-back. He postmortem session (no preparation required languages, science and the arts. He was the was like a father to me. He took me to Vail CO to – “they come with questions”). The game has ultimate gentleman, too, a pleasant partner to play teach me how to ski when he was in his 70s. An grown to 26 tables. “They like the food, they like with.” amazing guy.” the game, they love the lessons,” he says. “When The duo met in 1976 when, on a tip from Hall Wold said he last saw Rosenkranz at his 100th people eat together, it becomes a community.” of Famer John Gerber, Wold traveled to Mexico birthday party at a special function at Stanford Ricker is a big proponent of offering multiple City to play with Rosenkranz in a large club game. University where Rosenkranz was a big sponsor. levels of limited games. “The ramp needs to start “Gerber had told me to brush up on Romex, “George was presenting a prize to a student for as low as the area can support,” he says. This George’s system, in advance. It paid off when we the best idea to help the world the most. George approach trains players to graduate to higher-level won the game, leading from start to finish. We hit knew his own work had had a profound impact games. “When they get better, they get frustrated it off and became friends.” on people around the world, especially women, with the slower play in the lower sections, and Wold said that Rosenkranz loved bridge, and he was sincerely interested in helping the next they move up.” and that he enjoyed tinkering with systems and generation of scientists.” Having just one limited game doesn’t work conventions. But his loyalty was always to family Rosenkranz is survived by his wife, Edith, his as well; the limit tends to get steadily raised to first, and his career second. sons Ricardo and Roberto, and nine grandchildren. accommodate players who don’t want to graduate “When one of his adult children became ill, out of it. Ricker is aware limited games have their George Rosenkranz NABC Titles critics, and the unwillingness of players to migrate • Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match Teams • Mitchell Open Board-a-Match Teams to open games is what drives that criticism. 1990 1984, 1987 While he concedes it’s not possible to replicate • , Championship Flight • Board-a-Match Teams his approach in very small towns, Knoxville isn’t 1981 1985 huge. It’s a city of 179,000. • • Spingold Knockout Teams Another of Ricker’s tips for keeping students: 1991 1976, 1984 At the end of every lesson, he emails materials to • Keohane North American Swiss Teams • Vanderbilt Knockout Teams everyone in the class. Ricker speculates that one of 1990 1975, 1976, 1982 the reasons bridge classes shrink over the course of their run is that when someone misses a class, they don’t feel like they can catch up. About 175 of Ricker’s students submitted Scores in the Quarterfinal round testimonials in support of his nomination. Among them: of Grand National Teams • “I have been a student all my life and he is Morehead Championship Flight Sheinwold Flight B the best I have ever experienced.” – Mary 1. Winestock (D17) 25 39 69 89 1. Wang (D12) 46 77 107 125 Davidson 8. (9) Hessel (D16) 18 32 47 73 8. (9) Marnell (D20) 37 61 80 133 • “He has this gift of explaining things in a way that makes it easy to follow.” – Leela Menon 5. McDevitt (D25) 51 77 141 151 5. (12) Hill (D11) 32 44 51 w/d • “If other bridge clubs had teachers like Jim, 4. (13) Jones (D23) 35 66 70 94 4. (13) Pan (D22) 68 122 146 146 this game would explode with players.” – Jim Bookstaff 3. (14) Gupta (D22) 31 89 108 148 3. Turcotte (D1) 23 50 71 w/d • “Jim is very patient with the rookies, explains 6. Munday (D10) 18 59 81 125 6. Rush (D16) 44 85 130 130 things very well, and has a great sense of humor that makes learning a fun experience. 7. (10) Grue (D24) 41 62 100 144 7. (10) Griffiths (D2) 46 88 106 121 Points out on a regular basis that we all make 2. Spector (D9) 19 63 91 132 2. Lampe (D24) 32 51 88 133 mistakes and he tells stories of some of his that are hilarious. Makes it easier to laugh at Goldman Flight A MacNab Flight C your own!” – David Wilson 1. Bennett (D22) 47 78 107 150 1. Stout (D13) 24 47 70 121 The award was chosen by an ABTA committee 8. (9) Smith (D25) 34 86 120 147 8. (9) Gong (D21) 73 97 135 179 chaired by Richard Braunstein. Committee members are Mary Jane Orock, Joyce Penn, Tina 5. Lafferty (D2) 53 95 133 154 5. (12) McGlynn (D6) 26 48 63 74 Radding, Enid Roitman, Barbara Seagram and 4. Payne (D18) 25 54 94 112 4. (13) Thomas (D20) 21 49 59 83 Kathie Walsh. Other finalists for the award were Robert 3. Piken (D23) 28 56 101 119 3. (14) Lee (D23) 39 103 110 159 “Buck” Buchanan of Arlington TX; Bruce 6. Court (D15) 36 88 139 184 6. (11) Cardia (D9) 21 39 44 65 Greenspan of Bonita Springs FL; David Libchaber of New York; and Edward Scanlon of York PA. 7. (10) Treitel (D9) 25 59 114 146 7. (10) Xu (D21) 79 126 168 223 Ricker had high hopes of being chosen for the 2. Yang (D16) 40 77 100 125 2. Huang (D13) 36 42 58 69 award. “I wanted it really bad,” he says. “It’s re- energized me.”

Wld premie s The Kids Table! A new documentary from Beyond the Porch Productions and the ACBL Educational Foundation that follows four young friends as they navigate the highs and lows of competitive bridge.

Tickets: bridgekidsdoc.com Date: Sunday, July 21 • 7:30-10 p.m. Location: The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Page 6 Saturday, July 20, 2019 Daily Bulletin

QUALIFIERS IN THE BRUCE 0-6000 LM PAIRS ABTA names 39.0 Tables Carryover 1 Bob Stitt - Stefanie Stitt, Dayton OH 521.83 Books of the Year 2 Marc Renson, San Mateo CA; Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA 517.34 The American Bridge Teachers Association 3 James Weeks, Palm Desert CA; Neil Stern, Indio CA 515.73 presented its book of the year awards at its 4 Ron Beall, Bellingham WA; Kevin Bolan, Snohomish WA 513.15 convention and banquet Thursday. All three 5 Joe Monro - Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI 510.65 awards went to books by Bridge Bulletin 6 Luen-Jyh Luo, Milpitas CA; Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA 503.77 columnists. 7 Himanshu Joshi, Chester NJ; Donna Dulet, Ocean NJ 502.93 Winner of the Shirley 8 Philip Goulding, Wexford PA; Robert Zimmermann, Pittsburgh PA 498.36 Silverman Beginner Book 9 Isaac Stephani – A.J. Stephani, Cincinnati OH 492.96 10 Tsao-Tung Tsai, Cupertino CA; Jim Liu, Saratoga CA 492.85 of the Year is “Startup 11 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Randy Okubo, St. Paul MN 487.68 Bridge and Beyond” by 12 Dorn Bishop, San Diego CA; , Alpharetta GA 484.41 Lynn Berg. This book 13 Kish Devaraj - Robert Epstein, Atlanta GA 484.02 aims to inform, encourage 14 Fredric Weiner - Arnold Kohn, Monroe Township NJ 482.98 and help beginners help 15 Henri Farhi, Chula Vista CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA 480.44 themselves. 16 Stephen Jackson - Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 480.36 In the intermediate 17 David Libchaber - David Parsons, New York NY 478.37 category, the winner is “On 18 John Boackle Jr., Poway CA; Lamya Agelidis, La Jolla CA 477.20 the Other Hand: Bridge 19 Evelyn Holtz - Shelly Dunietz, Santa Rosa CA 476.09 Cardplay Explained” by 20 Sundaresan Ram, Tucson AZ; Murali Nair, Phoenix AZ 473.28 21 Lori Spaeth, Los Altos CA; Marolyn Imaoka, San Jose CA 472.79 and Larry 22 Ron Karr, Sunnyvale CA; Daniel Raider, San Mateo CA 469.54 Cohen. In this unusual book 23 Paul Jepson, St. Augustine FL; Ping Chen, Winter Springs FL 467.19 the authors present 100 24 Herman Louie - Ming Louie, Henderson NV 464.31 pairs of deals, one described 25 Samuel Amer, Long Island NY; Paul Amer, Moultonboro NH 463.35 by each of them. The deals 26 Bob Lafleur - Hy Chansky, Las Vegas NV 463.26 look similar – in some 27 Lanette Moore, Dunwoody GA; Donna Silver, Brookhaven GA 459.64 cases very similar – but an 28 Michael Flader, Eagan MN; Jill Flader, St. Paul MN 459.09 entirely different line of 29 Phillip Goatz - Cynthia Goatz, Las Vegas NV 457.00 play is necessary to make 30 Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA; Rajeev Gupta, Oakland CA 456.85 each of the contracts. 31 David Johnson - John D Aguiar, Calgary AB 456.80 32 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN 456.20 The winner in the 33 Sue Becker, Canton OH; Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA 456.07 advanced category is Mike 34 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 455.98 Lawrence’s “Insights 35 Lon Sunshine - Ivanie Yeo, Merrimack NH 455.92 on Bridge: Moment in 36 Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA; Amr Elghamry, San Dimas CA 453.41 Bidding, Book 1.” The first 37 Pangjie Xu, San Jose CA; Winston Huang, Los Altos CA 453.29 in a series that will include 38 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 452.37 hundreds of mini-lessons. 39 Hank Youngerman, Reading PA; David Standig, Beach Haven NJ 451.76 The material is devoted to 40 Russ Pearly, The Villages FL; Janet Becker, Ocean City MD 450.95 situations and problems 41 Maris Zilant - Susan Fuller, Miami FL 450.85 players will see at the table 42 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Greg Frank, Hot Springs Village AR 450.38 43 Paul Irvine, Allentown PA; Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA 449.16 but not in other books. 44 Paul Gutterman, Eagan MN; Eric Hendrickson, Minneapolis MN 447.80 The ABTA has been recognizing excellence in 45 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX 446.63 bridge instructional writing since 1982. Members 46 David Shepler - Brad Vander Zanden, Knoxville TN 445.27 of the book awards committee are Sam Marks, 47/48 Lowell Seyburn, Portage MI; Robert Houtrow, Delton MI 443.73 Henry Meguid, Brenda Montague and Karen 47/48 Robert Buchanan, Arlington TX; Tomi Storey, Frisco TX 443.73 Walker. 49 Stephen Shane, White Plains NY; Harvey Katz, Marina Del Rey CA 443.20 Awards were also presented for teaching 50 Barry Nowling, Fort Lauderdale FL; Terry Patton, Selbyville DE 442.12 tips that were voted on by teachers attending the 51 David Langer - Mark Ginsburg, Buffalo Grove IL 440.04 convention. These are called the Apple Basket 52 Grant Robinson - Teresa Boyd, Dublin CA 439.96 awards. 53 David Marshall - Donna Marshall, Walpole MA 439.85 54 Alan Johnson, Happy Valley OR; Gerard Hallee, Hillsboro OR 438.70 First place went to Shirley Scott of Colorado 55 Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; Barbara McKay, Alamo CA 437.79 Springs CO: “Wouldn’t it be educational for every 56 Diana Blithe - Gary Gilbert, Silver Spring MD 437.53 person at the table to bid, play and defend every 57 Donald Patterson - William Curtis, Colorado Springs CO 437.04 hand from the perspective of all four seats?” 58 Andrew Caranicas, St. Paul MN; Richard Lawson, Plymouth MN 436.20 Second place, Kathy Rolfe of Lake Winnebago 59 Paul Chan - Lily Chan, Columbia MO 435.94 MO for “What’s next?” a theme of planning ahead 60 Craig Henderson, Chicago IL; , Seattle WA 435.62 on bidding, declarer play and defense. 61 Boris Tenchov - Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH 435.53 Third place, Jeff Bayone of New York: “Count 62 Robert Donaldson, Ogden UT; Stephen Nafus, Boise ID 435.35 winners, account for losers.” Going against the 63 David Binney, Seattle WA; Andrea James, Auburn WA 434.57 traditional advice to count losers in a suit contract, 64 Mike Roney, Ajijic Mexico; Tom Henson, Towanda PA 434.04 65 Sharon Goldman, New York NY; Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland 433.27 Bayone advises to count winners in both suit and 66 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 433.03 notrump contracts – finding where the number of 67 Dian Petrov, Buffalo NY; Sohail Hasan, Harwich MA 433.02 tricks needed to make the contract are going to 68 Beverly Pogoda Meyers - Joseph Meyers, New York NY 430.17 come from – while accounting for the losers. 69 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Joan Rubin, Encino CA 429.48 Other news from the ABTA is that Henry 70 Justine Hancock - Barbara Mikkelson, Las Vegas NV 429.36 Meguid is the new president, taking over for Betty 71 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 429.11 Starzec. 72 Martin Nathan - William Rittenberg, Atlanta GA 428.80 73 Judith Auer, Dublin OH; Joyce Penn, Columbus OH 427.92 74 John Boyer, Yonkers NY; Robert Stayman, New Rochelle NY 427.58 75 R. David Walker, Radnor PA; Dara Dinner, Wayne PA 427.50 Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 20, 2019 Page 7

76 Gayle Quiros - Judith Washor, Scottsdale AZ 427.34 77 Sondra Blank, L’Ile Bizard QC; Lesley Thomson, North York ON 426.96 GNT 78 Dee Harris, Palm City FL; La Vonne Hawley, Palm Beach Gardens FL 426.83 continued from page 1 QUALIFIERS IN THE VON ZEDTWITZ LM PAIRS Gupta stayed in control of their QF match 104.0 Tables / Based on 205 Tables against Jim Munday’s team (D10, Midsouth) 148- Carryover 125, while D24 won a close contest against the 1 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 1096.58 2 Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 1058.60 powerful D9 squad (Florida) captained by Warren 3 Irene Baroni, Moniga Italy; Vasileios Vroustis, Athens Greece 1054.54 Spector, 144-132. 4 Frederic Pollack, Laval QC; Kamel Fergani, Montreal QC 1048.31 In Flight A of the GNT, Davis Bennett (D22) 5 Brad Moss, Denver CO; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL 1048.09 faces Colin Lafferty (D2), and Joann Court’s D15 6 Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Shane Blanchard, New York NY 1036.30 team will battle David Treitel’s D9 lineup. 7 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 1023.80 In Flight B, Kevin Marnell of D20 plays 8 Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Julius Sigurjonsson, Kopavogur Iceland 1021.35 Kenny Pan’s D22 team, while Thomas Rush and 9 Frederic Wrang, Stockholm Sweden; Antonio Palma, Evora Portugal 1017.99 company from D16 takes on Jordan Lampe of D24 10 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; , London England 1011.94 in the other bracket. 11 Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ; Robert Levin, Henderson NV 1010.41 In Flight C, Qucheng Gong of D21 faces 12 Eddie Wold - Arjune Bose, Houston TX 1004.96 13 Steve Garner - Jeffrey Wolfson, Chicago IL 1002.52 Roger Thomas of D20, and Tim Lee (D23) meets 14 Kevin Rosenberg - , Sunnyvale CA 1002.11 Michael Xu (D21). 15 Adolfo Madala, Capital Federal Argentina; Ana Maria Gil, Caba Argentina 995.95 16 Shan Huang, Melbourne FL; , Las Vegas NV 995.52 FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 1 17 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA 991.28 10 Tables 18 David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 990.45 Steven Ackerman, Essex Junction VT; Estelle Kevitch - Yvonne 19 Aaron Silverstein - , New York NY 982.80 Thele - Sterling Larson, Salt Lake City UT 20 JoAnna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 979.84 vs 21 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; , Carlsbad CA 978.20 Ruth Fleischmann, New York NY; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy; Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 22 Richard Katz, North Versailles PA; , St. Johnsbury VT 976.45 vs 23 Marc Mus, Montpellier France; Pierre Franceschetti, Paris France 976.01 Alfred Lee, San Mateo CA; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; 24 P. Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Stanley Landers, Old Westbury NY 974.26 Pawel Niedzielski, Lodz Poland; Ken Gee, Regina SK 25 Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL; Robert Bitterman, Harbor Springs MI 971.21 26 Owen Lien, Oak Park MI; , Aarhus Denmark 968.92 Henry Buch - Peter Godfrey - Pamela Thaut – L. Hall, Tucson AZ vs 27 Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; William Pollack, New York NY 965.09 Lesley Thomson, North York ON; Sondra Blank, L’Ile Bizard 28 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 964.84 QC; J. Melvin Norton, Burlington ON; Doug Andrews, Etobicoke 29 Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Thomas Paske, Manhattan NY 964.62 ON 30 David Moss - Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 964.40 31 Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ; Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL 964.21 Victor Poon, Stony Brook NY; Tim Archdeacon, Oyster Bay NY; 32 Jay Borker, Tempe AZ; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 963.74 Curt Kristensen, Duluth MN; Judy Hansen, Eagan MN vs 33 Jakob Kristinsson, Delray Beach FL; Sveinn Eiriksson, Kopavogur Iceland 960.89 Robert Webster, Ripon WI; Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI; 34 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL 960.62 Donald Baker, Alpharetta GA; Mason Barge, Atlanta GA 35 Ronald Wilson, Mississauga ON; Andrew Firko, Oakville ON 960.47 vs 36 Veri Kiljan, Tilburg Netherlands; Luc Tijssen, Tilburg Netherlands 959.58 Beth Watson - Mirza Baig - Scott McPherson, Columbia SC; 37 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 959.35 Richard Silvernail, Johnsonville SC 38 Phillip King, Harrow UK; Kevin Castner, Mercer Island WA 954.74 Marley Cedrone, Framingham MA; Ethan Wood, Dover MA; 39 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Lynn Baker, Austin TX 953.47 Sally K. Matthews, Norwood MA; Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham 40 Alfred Lee, San Mateo CA; Ken Gee, Regina SK 952.79 MA 41 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Gary Soules, Elk Grove CA 951.69 vs 42 Kenneth Kranyak, Parma OH; Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA 950.35 Randall Ratcliff, Aurora CO; Paul Lindauer, Chicago IL; Gerald 43 Jerome Rombaut, Hem France; Michel Abecassis, Paris France 949.08 Szymski, Westmont IL; Sidney Leibowitz, Boynton Beach FL 44 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jared Lilienstein, New York NY 948.82 FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 2 45 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 945.78 10 Tables 46 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 945.11 Ann Matthews - Ruth Urie, Saint George UT; Deborah 47 Michael Kruley, Pleasant Hill CA; Michel Schneider, Pittsburg CA 944.90 Goldsmith, San Diego CA; Kay Merrick, Sykesville MD 48 Lloyd Arvedon, Hudson NH; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 943.59 vs 49 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 941.39 Diane Washabaugh - James Atteberry, Fort Worth TX; Linda Blanchard - Michael Blanchard, Benbrook TX 50 Kenneth Tatz, Highland Park IL; Philip Moss, Wilmette IL 941.06 51 Anna Gulevitch - , Moscow Russia 940.08 Eric Schneider, Boca Raton FL; Michael Lynch - Bert Solomon, 52 Tom Carmichael, Marysville WA; Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA 937.52 Edwards CO; Bill Multack, Miami Beach FL 53 Tor Helness, Monaco; Martin Andresen, Nesoya Norway 937.09 vs 54 Doug Baxter - David Lindop, Toronto ON 936.35 Martha Meyer - Mark Meyer - Susan Mann, Winston-Salem NC; 55 Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA; Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA 936.24 Susan Williford, Clemmons NC 56 Barry Goren, Las Vegas NV; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv 935.74 57 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; R. Jay Becker, Ocean City MD 935.65 58 Migry Zur Campanile - Nancy Katz, New York NY 934.60 Masterpoint disclaimer 59 Stephen Nellissen, Washington Township NJ; John Hogan Jr., Wayne NJ 932.45 Results reported in the Daily Bulletin are 60 Jim Wart, Gilbert AZ; Len Fettig, Bella Vista AR 932.32 subject to change because of score changes or 61 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA 931.61 corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, 62 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Miguel Villas-Boas, Salvador Brazil 931.58 therefore, also subject to change. 63 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 931.46 64 Jean-Charles Allavena, Monaco; Jean-Jaques Palau, Nice France 931.28 65 Hjordis Eythorsdottir - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 929.13 66 Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; H. Hunt, Kiawah Island SC 926.89 67 , New York NY; , Charlottenlund Denmark 925.18 68/69 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV 924.60 68/69 Mark Friedlander, Deerfield IL; Howard Engle, Highland Park IL 924.60 70 Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA 923.74 71 Xi Lin, Northbrook IL; Xudong Sun, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 921.98 Page 8 Saturday, July 20, 2019 Daily Bulletin

72 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Victor King, Hartford CT 920.47 73 Elliott Grubman - Ava Grubman, Brooklyn NY 920.29 74 Xianliang Ou, Shenzhen China; Xin Li, Guangdong China 919.27 75 Cheng Wang, Canton China; Xiao Hu, Kunming China 919.02 76 John Carruthers, Kingsville ON; Michael Roche, Victoria BC 917.08 77 Michael Wolf - Molly O’Neill, Fort Lauderdale FL 916.65 78 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; , Memphis TN 916.49 79 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD 916.34 80 Alan Gailfus - Debbie Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 915.98 81 Iulian Rotaru, New York NY; Lynda Nitabach, North Plainfield NJ 915.32 82 , Austin TX; Leonard Holtz, West Hollywood CA 915.10 83 Arthur Zhou - Michael Hu, San Jose CA 914.23 Winners of the 0–10,000 NABC Pairs in 2018: 84 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 914.15 Phil Clayton and Andrew Gumperz. 85 Brad Bart, Coquitlam BC; Bob Todd, Winnipeg MB 913.44 86 Herbert Jordan, Miami FL; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 913.12 Play opens today in 87 Stewart Rubenstein, Chestnut Hill MA; Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 913.10 88 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Sheng Li, New York NY 912.91 0–10,000 NABC Pairs 89 Linda Mitchell - Kenneth Titow, Scottsdale AZ 912.69 The 0–10,000 NABC Pairs starts today. 90 Michael Radin, New York NY; Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY 912.48 The four-session event, consisting of two 91 Martin Rabinowitz, Garnet Valley PA; Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE 912.04 qualifying and two final rounds, is a gold-point 92 Ida Groenkvist, Bromma Sweden; Mikael Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden 911.82 event. But it also pays platinum points at 10% 93 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 911.35 94 Gregory Woods, Westport CT; Jeff Hand, New York NY 911.16 of the overall award, up to a maximum of 10 95 , Stockholm Sweden; , Cambridge MA 910.65 platinum points. Because there is a masterpoint 96 Wafik Abdou - Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 909.83 ceiling, winning the event does not count toward 97 , Chicago IL; Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel 909.41 Grand Life Master status. 98 Carole Miner, Rochester MN; Paul Meerschaert, Long Lake MN 908.74 2014 Mark Bartusek, John Jones 99 Wei Wang, Shanghai China; Hailong Zhao, Shanghi China 908.23 2015 Diane Travis, Frank Treiber III 100 Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Melanie Tucker, New York NY 907.88 2016 David Rodney, Rusty Krauss 101 Louis-Amaury Beauchet, Sherwood OR; Irva Neyhart, Corvallis OR 907.54 2017 David Gurvich, Michael Lipkin 102 Laura Dekkers; Gabrielle Sherman, Tucson AZ 905.59 2018 Phil Clayton, Andrew Gumperz 103 Brad Theurer, Gaithersburg MD; Barry Bragin, Pawling NY 905.26 104 Andrew Murphy, London England; Simon Cope, Hertfordshire UK 904.81 105 Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina; , Pebble Beach CA 904.33 106 James Ward - Karen Walker, Champaign IL 904.14 107 Sumit Daftuar, San Marino CA; Carol Frank, Burbank CA 902.62 108 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Darren Wolpert, Toronto ON 902.53 109 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL; Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC 902.46 110 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; William Pettis, Chevy Chase MD 901.59 111 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 901.52 112/113 Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; Lee Maddocks, Modesto CA 900.65 112/113 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; , London England 900.65 114 Donna Morgen, Havertown PA; Howard Kahlenberg, Philadelphia PA 898.76 115 , New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Ransomville NY 898.75 116 Lynn Shannon, Campbell CA; Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto CA 898.31 117 Catherine Mus - Eric Gautret, Montpellier France 898.25 118 William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 897.36 Move quickly along the 119 William Garrard - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 895.30 initial learning curve. 120 Laura Tolkow - David Feldman, New York NY 894.73 121 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 893.25 122 Lin-Huan Chen - Ding-Hwa Hsieh, Kirksville MO 892.78 You’ll nail the basics of bridge in this 123 Tod Moses, St. Louis MO; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 892.34 interactive class that has both instruction 124 , Little Elm TX; Cecilia Rimstedt, Kungsbacka Sweden 892.08 and coached play. If you’re just starting, 125 Lynne Schaeffer, Portland OR; Don Lowry, Wilsonville OR 891.66 returning to the game or wanting to “test 126 Charles Miner, Orlando FL; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL 891.38 the waters” before taking formal lessons, this course is for you. Leave the class and 127 Christopher Rivera, Sunnyside NY; Jess Jurkovic, New York NY 891.22 take on a newcomer game! 128 Fred King, McLean VA; Robert Bell, Silver Spring MD 891.20 129 Judith Gartaganis - Nicholas Gartaganis, Calgary AB 890.89 Date: Saturday, July 20 130 Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France 890.83 131 Stephen Castellino, Castro Valley CA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA 888.60 Time: 1-6 p.m. 132 Walter Schenker, Pine Brook NJ; Brian Glubok, New York NY 887.72 Location: Check page 2 of Daily Bulletin 133 Eric Sieg, Seattle WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA 886.54 Cost: Only $20 when you pre-register at 134 Donald Faskow, Hollywood FL; John Albright, Plantation FL 886.34 acbl.org/reglbiad - $25 at door. 135 Allen Hawkins Jr., Birmingham AL; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 886.09 Textbooks and door prizes included. 136 Don Sulgrove - Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH 885.97 137 Daniel Boye, East Syracuse NY; Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 885.33 More info: 138 Guy Gecht, Los Altos CA; Eric Greco, Northville MI 885.17 139 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA 884.57 Email [email protected] 140 Erik Eliassen - Espen Anfinsen, Stavanger Norway 884.42 141 Vic Quiros, Phoenix AZ; Robert Munson, Danville CA 884.32 142 Thomas Turgeon, Memphis TN; Spike Lay, Daytona Beach Shore FL 883.81 143 Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina; Margie Cole, New York NY 882.28 144 Bartlomiej Igla, Kusnacht Switzerland; Fernando Piedra, Switzerland 881.45 145 Stephannie Culbertson, New York NY; John Fout, Fairfield CA 881.30 146 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Bob Etter, Elk Grove CA 880.93 147 Bob Heller, Knoxville TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 879.32

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EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO 1 7 Tables 22.50 1 Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH; Dallas Moore, Trotwood OH; Brian Ross, Charlestown IN; Peter Whipple, Mason OH About 150 people attended 15.75 2 Mike Develin, Kirkland WA; Jennifer Lin, the Club and Teacher North Bethesda MD; Eric Mayefsky, Mountain View CA; Victor Reception on Friday. The Chubukov, Somerville MA event is held at each NABC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO 2 to thank those who work to 8 Tables recruit and retain members. 15.19 1 Glen Anderson, Raleigh NC; Eric Hamilton, Durham NC; Vladimir Stemkovski - Tatyana Stemkovski, Holly Springs NC 10.63 2 Larry Plotkin, Elkins Park PA; J. Brill, Voorhees NJ; Steve White, Broomall PA; Peter Schulman, Bala Cynwyd PA

148 David Caplan - Mark Caplan, Toronto ON 878.08 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO 3 149 Gordon McOrmond - Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 877.20 7 Tables 150 Stefan Skorchev, Sofia Bulgaria; Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France 876.56 9.29 1 Norma Bueno, Henderson NV; Shari Jerand, 151 Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS; , Little Rock AR 875.53 Tigard OR; Jason Grove, Marlborough CT; Chris Westermeyer, 152 Arthur Korth, Galloway NJ; Larry Sunser, Syracuse NY 874.36 Falcon Heights MN 6.50 2 Steven Ackerman, Essex Junction VT; Estelle 153 Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA 874.25 Kevitch - Yvonne Thele - Sterling Larson, Salt Lake City UT 154 Jack Lee - Sidney Yang, Richmond BC 874.14 155 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 873.90 156 Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC 873.28 157 David Colbert, Etobicoke ON; Stephen Mackay, Markham ON 873.26 Soloway KO premieres 158 Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia; Peter Crouch, Surrey England 873.17 159 , Las Vegas NV; Dave Schouweiler, Bismarck ND 872.06 this fall The inaugural Soloway Knockout Teams takes 160 Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 871.91 161 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Edward Zuckerberg, Los Altos Hills CA 870.85 place at the Fall 2019 NABC in San Francisco. 162/163 John Ramos, Los Angeles CA; Mitch Towner, Tucson AZ 869.68 The new, top-tier (“NABC+”) contest begins with 162/163 Jerry Gaer, Scottsdale AZ; Bill Parks, Phoenix AZ 869.68 a two-day Swiss qualifying round, reducing the 164 Geo Tislevoll, Aukland New Zealand; Joan Butts, Brisbane Australia 869.63 field to 32 squads, followed by five days of head- 165 Richard Chan, Markham ON; Zheng Zhang, Toronto ON 868.22 to-head knockout matches to produce a single 166 Leah Shao, Harrisonburg VA; David Butler, Keswick VA 866.91 winner. 167 Hugh Brown Jr., Greenwood SC; Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC 866.82 The contest awards platinum points, which are 168 Brian McAllister, Henderson NV; Richard Morgen, Havertown PA 866.30 even available from match awards in the Swiss 169 Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA; Michael Massimilla, Syosset NY 865.82 qualifier. 170 Deanna Tomas - William Woodcock, Sarnia ON 865.37 The Soloway KO will begin on the first Friday 171 Mike Passell, Plano TX; Mike Lucas, Las Vegas NV 864.97 172 Michel Bessis - , Paris France 864.72 of the Fall NABC, Nov. 29., and concludes on 173 David Caprera - Anne Brenner, Denver CO 863.47 Thursday, Dec. 5. The contest will not conflict 174 Gregory Herman, Seattle WA; Burke Snowden, New Haven CT 863.18 with the venerable Reisinger Board-a-Match 175 Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 862.89 Teams, which begins Dec. 6, but teams who 176 Geir Engebretsen, Alesund Norway; Lars Arve Loen, Loen Norway 861.21 successfully advance to the quarterfinal round of 177 Richard Ferrin, Washington DC; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 861.01 the Soloway will be unable to play in the Kaplan 178 Jon Rice, Garner NC; B. Wayne Stuart III, Raleigh NC 860.77 Blue Ribbon Pairs, which runs Dec. 3–5. 179 Anant Rathi - William Zhu, San Francisco CA 860.67 The new contest is named in honor of late 180/181 Josh Feldstein - Anshul Paliwal, Gainesville FL 860.55 Hall of Famer Paul Soloway, a multiple world and 180/181 John Lusky - Randy Pickett, Portland OR 860.55 NABC champion, as well as the all-time ACBL 182 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; James Tritt, Orange CA 858.73 183 Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC; Charles Martineau, St.-Lambert QC 858.58 masterpoint leader until his death in 2007. 184 Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA 858.36 185 Jodi Edmonds, New York NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 857.06 186 Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD; Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA 855.39 Monitoring 187 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; Ken Murray, Pickering ON 855.11 ACBL monitors events at North American 188 Noriko Domichi, Tokyo Japan; Subhash Gupta, New Delhi India 854.75 Bridge Championships with both visible and 189 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Kimberly Gilman, Carlisle MA 854.35 concealed real-time cameras in public spaces. 190 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Chris Moll, Durham NC 852.97 The images are recorded and available for later 191 Freerk Polling - Betty Parker, Palm Beach Gardens FL 852.59 inspection and review by ACBL management and 192 Alexander Labry, Austin TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 852.55 tournament officials, among others, including 193 Marc Zwerling - Mark Tolliver, Portland OR 850.26 members of the Anti-Cheating Commission. These 194 Bob Balderson Jr. - Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN 849.38 recordings are also be uploaded to the internet 195 Franco Broccoli - Silvia Giannini, Rome Italy 848.20 196 Michael Crane, Farmington Hills MI; Richard Temkin, Farmington MI 848.01 following the NABC. 197 Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 847.26 By general monitoring of the session and 198 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Paul Street, Delray Beach FL 846.83 participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source 199 Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Michael Polowan, New York NY 846.49 of information that may be useful in determining 200 Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Abe Pineles, Jackson NJ 845.00 facts and settling issues or disputes arising from 201 Larry Bausher, West Haven CT; Steve Becker, Old Greenwich CT 844.97 some types of ethical and behavioral complaints 202 George Woltman, Blowing Rock NC; Dwight Meredith, Greensboro NC 844.01 or actions. Please summon a director if a problem 203 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; William Cole, Silver Spring MD 842.27 occurs at the table. This procedure is intended to 204 Ben Kristensen, Duluth MN; John Laufer, Toronto ON 841.76 assure everyone that the playing field is level and 205 Allen Kahn, New York NY; David Rosenberg, Jackson Heights NY 841.51 that misbehavior will not be tolerated.” 206 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA 841.27 207 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL 839.43 208 Luis Lantaron, Madrid Spain; Gonzalo Goded, Madrid Spain 839.08

This program instructs teachers in methods of administering and presenting LBIAD. If you wish to be accredited, you must complete the following two requirements: Serve as a Table Mentor at a LBIAD seminar ♠ Attend a two-hour LBIAD Teacher Training event Teacher Training includes information on organizing and marketing LBIAD, maximizing retention, writing grant requests and seminar presentation. A light meal will be provided between sessions. To register, or if you have questions, please contact Patty Tucker at [email protected]. Fee: $75 USD (If purchasing a LBIAD license within 30 days of accreditation, $50 of the $75 fee will be applied to the first-year license fee.)

Instructor Accreditation Saturday, July 20 ♠ 6:30 -8:30 p.m. ♠ Check page 2 of Daily Bulletin for location Page 10 Saturday, July 20, 2019 Daily Bulletin

FRIDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 13.5 Tables RRRR] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] A B C B 5.20 1 Nancy Molesworth - Sandi Foreman, White Plains NY 66.10% 4.55 2 1 Daniel Lustig, Germantown TN; Larry Jackson, Memphis TN 61.44% RRRR 3.41 3 2 Dianne Cox - Dennis Duryea, Redmond WA 60.13% 2.56 4 3 Daniel AlbertRozenberg - Michael Albert, Cambridge MA 59.91% B 1.92 5 4 Harrison Luba - Scott Luba, Lynnfield MA 56.96% 1.40 6 Teri Smoot, Placerville CA; William Taggart, Shingle Springs CA 56.64% 2.45 5 1 Charlie Drotar, Parker CO; Scott Kelly, Aurora CO 55.57% ACBL 1.15 6 Summer Rifkah - Tudor Trifan, Hollidaysburg PA 53.53% O 1.84 2 Michele Grindal, Minneapolis MN; Keith Thompson, St. Paul MN 49.19% MASTERPOINTS 1.38 3 Myrna Barzelatto - Susan Smithline, White Plains NY 48.51% • FRIDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 7.0 Tables Inexpensive A B C 2.55 1 1 1 Marcia Taylor - John Burton, Pittsburgh PA 60.83% { F ast and 1.91 2 2 2 Nisha Goyal - Indu Arora, San Diego CA 57.92% 1.43 3 3 3 Sandy Young, Palm Desert CA; Carrie Cade, Vancouver BC 56.25% Around the Clock 1.08 4 4 4 Carol McGinnis, Boise ID; Pamela Brady, Nampa ID 54.58% • 0.81 5 5 Roberta Vanwart - Deborah Rumph, San Diego CA 52.08%

WWW.BRIDGEBASE.COM FRIDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS • 12.0 Tables A B C 2.57 1 James Marchant - Ivan Marchant, Fairfax CA 65.51%

1.93 2 Caleb Green, Fenton MI; Indrani De Silva, Toronto ON 61.21% UNLIMITED [ 1.45 3 Allan Cohen - Irene Ross, Boca Raton FL 60.95%

1.08 4 Shawn Speight - Joy Brown, San Diego CA 56.97%

FREE 0.81 5 Malgorzata Koziol, Las Vegas NV; Linda Wilson, Ponte Vedra FL 55.88% • 0.61 6 Steven Grundstedt, Las Vegas NV; Sanjana Fitzgerald, 55.48%

1.81 1 Kent Taylor, Half Moon Bay CA; Sheila Ritchie, Vancouver BC 53.37%

BRIDGE 1.36 2 Linda Corcoran, Lake Havasu Cit AZ; Marcia Hamilton, Lake Havasu AZ 53.29% O 1.42 3 1 Thomas Walker - Laura Warner, West Palm Beach FL 52.39% Duplicate and 0.76 4 Charles Smith, Phoenix AZ; James Chaffin, Dallas TX 51.33%

0.57 5 Kathi Jones, Edmond OK; Martie Brooks, Chickasha OK 51.07%

Social 1.07 2 Seema Abbi - Deepak Abbhi, Miami FL 48.76% B 0.80 3 Debbie Dunelan - Eunice McCurry 48.64%

FRIDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS

47.0 Tables / Based on 86 Tables B A B C RRRR 40.85 1 Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO; Stephen Zenk, St. Louis MO 59.97% RRRR} • } • } • } • } • } • } • 30.64 2 Michael Schreiber, Plano TX; Robert L. McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL 59.95% 22.98 3 Ed Howard, Lawrence KS; Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS 59.68% 17.23 4 Bill Cook Jr., Madison MS; Harriette Buckman, Sarasota FL 58.97% 13.62 5 Carolyn Benner - Philip Benner, The Villages FL 58.95% 18.65 6 1 1 Benjamin Kelley, Tacoma WA; Edward Kelley IV, Modesto CA 58.65% 10.21 7 Jacob Karno, Metairie LA; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 58.49% 13.99 8 2 Randall Lake, Houston TX; Richard Wilburn, Las Vegas NV 58.13% 8.17 9 Joan Jackson - , Dallas TX 57.63% 7.43 10 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Peter Mosheim, Asheville NC 57.17% 10.49 11 3 2 Donald Durack, Cincinnati OH; Barry Wauligman, Hamilton OH 57.09% FOR EDUCATION 7.87 12 4 3 Dawei Qi, Framingham MA; Yaning Zhou, Tewksbury MA 57.02% 5.84 13 Haskell Deutsch, Henderson NV; Marla Chaikin, Savannah GA 56.54% 5.45 14 Chuck Said - Elaine Said, Nashville TN 56.48% 6.22 15 5 James Fox, Canonsburg PA; Alan Leaver, Mars PA 56.38% 5.33 16 6 Becky Lowe, Bartlesville OK; J Sanders, Tulsa OK 56.02% 4.54 17 Jon Downing, Solihull England; Liam Johnstone, Birmingham England 55.89% 4.66 18 7 4 Diane Mangasarian - Jeanne Perkins, New York NY 55.81% 4.09 19 Norman Beck, Dallas TX; Karen Allison, Las Vegas NV 55.77% 4.39 20 8 5 David Carter - Pat Emery, New York NY 55.35% 3.73 21 9 6 Sylvia Jackson, Oklahoma City OK; Carmon Lee Woodley, Bonita Springs FL 54.22% 3.48 22/23 10 7 David Poeppelman - Lucy Poeppelman, Ottawa OH 53.91% 3.48 22/23 Anne Cline - Donald Cline, Ventura CA 53.91% 3.27 24 11 8 Tengyun Tony Cao, Troy MI; Thomas Bonfils, Farmington MI 53.87% 2.87 12 Linda Murdock - Alison Gembar, Nashville TN 53.20% 2.66 13 Hal Jones Jr., Lorton VA; Arjun Singh, Lakewood CO 52.42% 2.41 14/15 Kathryn Papermaster, Horseshoe Bay TX; Vera Baum, Los Altos CA 52.26% 2.41 14/15 Bernie Fromm - Christina van Leeuwen, Kansas City MO 52.26%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 24.0 Tables A B C 7.37 1 1 Judit Bardi, Atllanta GA; Istvan Bardi, Atlanta GA 61.66% 5.53 2 2 Debbie Wagner, Athens GA; Ann Schuyler, Bloomington IL 59.80% 3.63 3/4 3/4 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA 56.10% 3.63 3/4 3/4 Mark Schollenberger - Elizabeth Zalar, Springfield IL 56.10% 2.33 5 5 Therese Koller, Pueblo CO; Carroll Frogge, Kansas City MO 55.88% 1.99 6/7 Peter Petruzzellis, Scarborough ON; Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH 55.66% 1.59 6/7 6 Deborah Lackey, Washougal WA; Judy Davis, Beaverton OR 55.66% 2.80 7 1 Joan Johnson - Robin Hill, Palos Verdes Estates CA 54.47% 2.10 2 Jill Padua, Saint Louis MO; Geralyn Wiele, Chesterfield MO 54.36% 1.38 3/4 Ronald Rybak, Worthington OH; Diane Halloran, Hilliard OH 52.07% July 29-August 3 1.38 3/4 Jill Kolody, Pasadena MD; Victoria Hess, Jackson WY 52.07%

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FRIDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 42.0 Tables Overtake? 7 3 2 By Barry Rigal 13.65 1 Ross Ramsey, Flower Mound TX; Sharon Harbach, Argyle TX 60.32% 10.24 2 1 Jo Lepley, Santa Barbara CA; David Liu, Goleta CA 59.80% Dlr: West ♠ 9 7 5 3 7.68 3 John Doyal, Oakmont PA; Diana Beaver, Sidman PA 58.20% 5.76 4 2 1 Gustavo Schuster - Maria Schuster, Las Vegas NV 57.93% Vul: N-S ♥ A 8 7 2 4.55 5 3 2 Michael Xiong, Devon PA; Bin Qiang, Blue Bell PA 57.25% Bd: 12 ♦ 10 7 2 3.90 6 4 Shashi Lalvani, West Chester OH; Ajay Bansal, Cincinnati OH 56.61% ♣ A 7 3.41 7 5 Anirudh Pandit - Arun Pandit, Mason OH 56.01% ♠ Q J 10 6 ♠ A K 4 2 3.03 8 Randall Klein, Leawood KS; Milton Brod, Shawnee Mission KS 55.80% ♥ Q 3 ♥ J 10 9 6 2.73 9 Steve Horton - Julie Horton, Las Vegas NV 55.56% ♦ A J 4 3 ♦ 9 8 5 2.48 10 Joan Barzilai, Cleveland Hgts OH; Meredith Schainblatt, Clearwater FL 55.48% ♣ K 8 5 ♣ 9 2 2.28 11 Joel Reimnitz - Charlene Reimnitz, Los Gatos CA 55.16% ♠ 8 2.12 12 6 Deborah Greenberg, Stockton CA; Wendy Buchanan, Woodbridge CA 55.14% ♥ K 5 4 1.95 13 Rebecca Barton, Eads TN; Susan Callison, Memphis TN 54.83% ♦ K Q 6 2.19 14 7 Everett Anderson, Medford OR; Judd Robbins, Ashland OR 54.60% 1.71 15 Barbara Blauer, Needham MA; Muggsie Rocco, Carlisle MA 54.39% ♣ Q J 10 6 4 3 2.18 16 William Wendt, La Porte IN; Thomas O’Connell, Long Beach IN 54.37% On this deal, from the first qualifying session 2.87 17 8 3 Elaine Marcail Sforza, Las Vegas NV; Karan Jacobson, Henderson NV 54.10% of the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs, Glenn 2.15 18 9 4 Terry Galusha - Gary Galusha, Boulder CO 53.68% Milgrim played 3♣ as South after some “pre- 1.37 19 Jonathan Harvey, Riverside CA; Jonda Hazzard, Laguna Woods CA 53.67% ” by North: 1.30 20 Alexander Stille, Bethesda MD; Barbara Devaney, Washington DC 53.63% 1.60 21 10 Cheryl Diane Patrick - Margaret Randle, Kansas City MO 53.47% West North East South 1.70 11 5 Chen Young - Shendi Young, Henderson NV 53.22% 1♦ Pass 1♥ 2♣ 2.19 12 6 Kevin Zhu, Grand Rapids MI; Jay Hu, Las Vegas NV 52.55% Pass 3♣ All Pass 1.62 7 Michael Olmsted - James Dahlberg, Arlington VA 52.11%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS North expected to be pushed to 3♣ but wanted 9.0 Tables to avoid the double. Whether that was sound – 2♠ A B C does make for E-W on some good guesswork – 2.85 1 1 1 Marcia Taylor - John Burton, Pittsburgh PA 64.58% Milgrim had to play 3♣ after the lead of the ♠Q 2.14 2 2 2 Szymon Batog - Jacek Batog, Szczecin Poland 59.23% and a spade to the king. He ruffed, passed the ♣Q 1.60 3 3 3 Carel Carter - Donna Mader, Henderson NV 58.93% and led a club to the ace. Then he ruffed another 1.20 4 4 4 Sandy Young, Palm Desert CA; Carrie Cade, Vancouver BC 58.33% spade, played the ♥K and a heart to dummy, then 0.90 5 5 Pat Lenowsky, Henderson NV; Alan Turner, San Diego CA 56.55% ruffed the fourth spade and advanced the ♦Q. West won and cashed the ♣K but then had to FRIDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS lead away from the ♦J for declarer’s ninth trick. 7.5 Tables A B C Should East have worked out to overtake the 2.10 1 Caleb Green, Fenton MI; Indrani De Silva, Toronto ON 70.24% lead and shift to a diamond? If West ducks the 1.60 2 1 John Mullin - Susan Ahlquist, San Diego CA 65.62% ♦Q, I don’t see a way for declarer to achieve the 1.18 3 Shawn Speight - Joy Brown, San Diego CA 61.90% . 1.32 4 2 1 Seema Abbi - Deepak Abbhi, Miami FL 61.81% 0.66 5 Donna Franz - Pam Williams, Las Vegas NV 51.19% 0.90 3 Linda Corcoran, Lake Havasu City AZ; Marcia Hamilton, Lake Havasu AZ 50.40% 0.99 4/5 2 Beth Taubman - Mindi Silverman, Boca Raton FL 50.00% 0.60 4/5 Denise Monfredini - Eda McNulty, San Francisco CA 50.00%

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FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 1 FRIDAY OPEN PAIRS 15 Tables 31.0 Tables / Based on 71 Tables Curtis Cheek - Huub Bertens - Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las A B C Vegas NV vs 37.48 1 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 63.73% Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Michal 28.11 2 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Columbia Heights MN; Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA 61.72% Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Poznan Poland; 21.08 3 1 1 Cyrus Hettle, Atlanta GA; Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA 58.70% Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland; Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw 15.81 4 Julie Smith, Vancouver BC; Leo Weniger, Halifax NS 58.44% Poland 12.49 5 Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Chris Benson, Leroy IL 58.17% 10.71 6 Gordon Campbell, Calgary AB; Ian Findlay, Banff AB 58.15% Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Hua Poon - Yukun Zhang, Singapore; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland 9.37 7 Joseph Trapani, Hydes MD; Richard Baum, Baltimore MD 57.96% vs 8.33 8 Paul Foster, Oceanside CA; Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA 57.22% Will Engel, Rockford IL; Bob Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL; Joshua 7.50 9 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 57.02% Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL 6.81 10 Hal Hindman, Centreville VA; Gregory Bright, Westminster MD 56.91% 6.25 11 Yukiko Tokunaga - Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan 56.63% FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 2 13 Tables 5.77 12 Anne Stein, Mill Valley CA; James Griffin, Sausalito CA 56.27% Michael Ryan, Buffalo NY; Judy Graf, Clarence NY; Eugene 5.35 13 Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX; Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX 55.26% Harvey, Lackawanna NY; James Gullo, Tonawanda NY 9.52 14 2 Brenda Fortunate, Grand Blanc MI; Susan Woodrow, Waterford MI 55.15% vs 4.69 15 Carole Weinstein, Waltham MA; Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA 54.56% Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; Robert Hope, Provost AB; Don 7.14 16 3 2 Stella Q. Wan - Cornelius Duffie, Palo Alto CA 54.54% Laycock, Knoxville TN; Dee Steil, New Westminster BC 5.35 4 Anne Beaurivage - Jack Conway, Lincoln NE 52.82% James Glickman, Las Vegas NV; Jeff Overby, Boynton Beach FL; 4.23 5 3 Deborah Goldsmith, San Diego CA; Kay Merrick, Sykesville MD 51.98% Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL; Howard Einberg, Los Angeles CA 3.63 6 Renae Gunstone-White - Tim White, Mercer Island WA 51.92% vs 3.17 7 4 Ethan Wood, Dover MA; Greg Chang, Lexington MA 50.92% Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand; Carlos Pellegrini, 2.81 5 Thomas Franklin III, Martinez CA; Lee Hausner, Los Angeles CA 50.15% Buenos Aires Argentina; Monica Jajoo, Gurgaon India; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata India; FRIDAY EVENING SIDE GAME Matthew Brown, Pokeno New Zealand 21.5 Tables FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 3 A B C 10 Tables 6.93 1 Benedicte Cronier, Paris France; Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL 65.91% K. Voges, Converse TX; Kay Dabney, San Antonio TX; Courtney 5.63 2 1 Dave Walker - Sue Anderson, Seattle WA 63.50% Stephens - Carol Stephens, Greensboro GA 3.90 3 Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Lakeside CA 59.68% vs Peggy Bologna, Kingsport TN; Deborah Marsh, Blountville TN; 2.92 4 Carl Dahl Jr, Sun City Center FL; Cyrus Ansari, San Anselmo CA 59.66% Karen Reese - Cerona Stevens, Marquette MI 2.19 5 Marshall Kerlin, Sun City Center FL; Jay Levy, Amherst NY 58.34% 4.22 6 2 Dianne Cox - Dennis Duryea, Redmond WA 57.79% Kimberly Hayward, Bayport MN; Sandy Casey, Saint Paul MN; 1.31 7 Susan Picus - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 57.41% Jerry Johnson - Rick Mattson, Eagan MN 3.17 3 1 Robert Lubowicki, Hanover Park IL; Alfred Koda, Schamburg IL 54.62% vs 2.38 4 Mark Schollenberger - Elizabeth Zalar, Springfield IL 53.82% Monica Angus - Alex Hong, West Vancouver BC; Xinguo Chen - Guoxu Zhang, Richmond BC; Kai Zhou, Burnaby BC 2.24 5 2 Sherrie Liebsack, Sammamish WA; Margo Shute, Issaquah WA 53.60% 1.84 6 3 Ronald Rybak, Worthington OH; Diane Halloran, Hilliard OH 53.57% FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 4 1.00 7 Mary Anne Crookes - Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 53.16% 12 Tables 1.26 4 Xin Ran Wu, Seattle WA; Rose Hou, Richmond Hill ON 50.00% Renato Ascoli - Ingrid Sturm - Rick Lepscier - Rolf Houtkooper, 0.94 5 Susan Montgomery - Susan Weaver, New York NY 46.55% Las Vegas NV vs Brian Samuels - Jan Samuels - Kip Kado, Los Altos CA; Susan FRIDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS Zhang, Los Altos Hills CA 9.5 Tables A B C Kayden Ge - Xin Ge, Cupertino CA; Charlie Chen - Andrew Chen - 3.00 1 1 Anders Brogeland, Flekkefjord Norway; Zain Mahmood, London England 72.11% Sarah Chen, San Jose CA 2.25 2 Kay Alspaugh - Lindy Hamilton, Boise ID 66.81% vs Martha Meyer - Mark Meyer - Susan Mann, Winston-Salem NC; 1.69 3 Karol Lanigan - John Lanigan, Colorado Spgs CO 59.00% Susan Williford, Clemmons NC 1.27 4 William Thompson, Las Vegas NV; Anita Froehlich, Tucson AZ 58.93% 1.70 5 2 Laurinda Lankford - Jennifer Reichek, Houston TX 54.39% 0.71 6 Rajarshi Roy, Amherst NY; Ann Turner, Los Angeles CA 54.08% 1.63 3 1 Judith Hansen, Alexandria VA; Colleen Sullivan, Victoria BC 53.74% 0.96 4 Lawrence Calder - Dianne Belk, San Diego CA 51.23% 0.72 5 Robert Torres - Pamela Torres, Wahiawa HI 50.04% 1.22 2 Caleb Green, Fenton MI; Indrani De Silva, Toronto ON 46.89% 0.92 3 Susie Cordell, West Memphis AR; Stephanie Threlkeld, Germantown TN 45.23%

FRIDAY EVENING SWISS TEAMS 25 Tables A B C 6.53 1 Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Philippe Cronier, Paris France; Marc Jacobus - Brenda Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 61.00 4.90 2 Gale Senter, San Clemente CA; Yas Takeda, Hacienda Heights CA; Kyungwon Yoo - Daniel Takahashi, Las Vegas NV 57.00 3.67 3 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; , Chicago IL; Roger Bates - John Mohan, Las Vegas NV 56.00 2.75 4 Lily Andre - James Andre, Mercer Island WA; Henry Caspar, Your member benefits just got Las Vegas NV; Edward Rais, Anchorage AK 55.00 better! The ACBL member perks 2.07 5 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; Leonardo Cima, program features local and Roma Italy; Kamil Nowak, Kielce Poland; Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland; Bernardo Biondo, Rome Italy 53.00 nationwide discounts on 1.55 6 Paul Gipson, Duns UK; Alex Gipson, Orpington England; Dave Adelman, popular brands. Calgary AB; Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI 51.00 4.03 1 1 Clare Whiteford, Evanton UK; Alison Macdonald, Fort William UK; Amy Dutton, Mendota Heights MN; Susan Sanger, St. Louis Park MN 47.00 10% off at Baron Barclay 3.02 2 Ann Romeo - Becky Stevens, Seattle WA; Beau Hovda, Bothell WA; 25% off Papa John’s Pizza James Dukelow Jr., Benton City WA 42.00 1.99 3/4 Will Williams, Richmond VA; William Belanich - Nancy Golden, 15% off Jiffy Lube services Glen Allen VA; Linda Miller, Williamsburg VA 39.00 up to 30% off movie theater tickets 1.99 3/4 Kerma Jones, North Salt Lake UT; Irene Monical, Layton UT; Coleen Cronin, Holladay UT; Ellie Stauffer, Salt Lake City UT 39.00 Oce Depot discounts on copies 1.47 5 2 Jennifer Hong, Burnaby BC; Henry Yao, Vancouver BC; Lisa Li, and more in-store Surrey BC; Flora Yan, Langley BC 37.00

Log in to your MyACBL account and take advantage of Use of the – Alerts and Announcements these great perks today! When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the same time. When making an Announcement, use the Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap the Alert acbl.org/perks strip at the same time. A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or Announcement has been made. Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 20, 2019 Page 13

FRIDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 15.5 Tables 7 3 2 6.83 1 Tim Archdeacon, Oyster Bay NY; Victor Poon, Stony Brook NY 64.06% 5.12 2 Susan Servais, Bellevue WA; Sharon Riddle, Kirkland WA 62.03% 3.84 3 Linda Rocha, Los Gatos CA; Brenda Hatton, San Jose CA 57.44% 3.60 4 1 1 Robert Linger, North Las Vegas NV; Richard Kvidt, Las Vegas NV 56.32% 2.55 5 Janet Baumgartner, Edmond OK; Janelle Rae McGinnis, Oklahoma City OK 55.88% NABC results 1.95 6 Terry Ahern, Santa Clara CA; George Welch, San Jose CA 55.28% 1.71 7 Carol Knowles, San Mateo CA; Janelle Van Rensselaer, Burlingame CA 54.54% by email/text 1.58 8 Tore Tjetland, Sandives Norway; Torbjeng Tjetland, Sandnes Norway 54.32% Want to be notified when results and the Daily 2.70 2 2 Cecily Hutchison, Dallas TX; Paulette Armstrong, Plano TX 54.09% Bulletins from the NABC are posted online? Want 2.03 3 Tan Yang, Canton MI; Kevin Smith, Ione CA 51.22% to see your results in the events you played in? 1.75 4 Nancie Wagner - Valerie Lawlor, Dallas TX 50.88% ACBL Live does just that. With the ACBL Live notification system, you will receive emails and/or text messages NABC Electronic after each session with links that go directly to the information you’re looking for. The email/ Device Policy text message will contain your score for the Except by permission of session and a link to your results. (These results the director in charge, any will also be available on your MyResults page at electronic equipment or device MyACBL.) Players will also receive a notification capable of receiving or sending to indicate when the Daily Bulletin for that day is an electronic , or capable available. of communicating in any This service is automatic for members unless way, may not be operated or they have specifically opted out. To receive text functioning in any manner in messages, go to MyACBL at acbl.org and select the playing area during a session of play. Any such Update My Information to enter your email equipment must not be visible during the session address and/or cell phone number. and must remain off at all times. Also at MyACBL, visit the Privacy Settings The above restrictions apply to all players, tab to make sure you’ve selected the Subscribe captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders setting for General Email Communication and except those persons granted permission by the Cell Phone Text Communication to receive these ACBL, and are in force throughout any playing notifications. session or segment of play. Further restrictions and requirements apply in events involving live internet and/or yugraph coverage. Playing in an A violation of any of the above restrictions will result in an automatic penalty, pursuant to NABC+ pairs game? Law 91 of the Laws of . NABC+ events Buy your entry early! In an effort to speed up the start of all NABC+ • First offense of any kind (ringing, answering pairs events – which require additional time for or initiating a call, texting or browsing) in a proper seeding – the ACBL asks participants to session: One full board, 12 IMPs or 20% of please buy their entries at least 15 minutes before the maximum available VPs per match, at the game time. This is especially true if you expect to respective form of scoring. be a seeded pair. • Second offense in the same session or third offense within the event, disqualification of the pair or team from the event. Other events • First offense, in the same session – ringing Check out only: one-quarter board, 3 IMPs or 1 VP, at the respective form of scoring; first offense in the our interactive 2019 China same session – answering or initiating a call, restaurant map at Hainan (Sanya) texting or browsing: one-half board, 6 IMPs or 2 acbl.org/foodmap International VPs, at the respective form of scoring. Bridge Festival • Second offense in the same session: two full boards, 20 IMPs or 50% of the maximum September 30 to October 13, 2019 available VPs per match, at the respective form Sanya, Hainan Province of scoring. • Third offense in the event: disqualification of the pair or team from the event. Youth and Junior entries Events and Prizes Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed Coupons will be made available for Junior (A) Open Teams...... $45,000 from the playing area for the remainder of the members in good standing for entry into events at (B) Mixed Teams ...... $45,000 session. NABCs: (C) Senior Teams ...... $18,000 This policy applies to all events at NABCs. (D) Open Pairs ...... $22,000 • Any player under the age of 26 years who (G) Mixed Pairs ...... $22,000 is a full-time student (must provide proof of (H) Yeh’s "Three Bids Team” ...... $38,000 eligibility) will be entitled to coupons that can (I) Summit KO ...... $27,000 Appealing a ruling be used for any event. These coupons have a (J) 1-Day Side Events...... $2000-5000 Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal BAM Teams, Swiss Teams, Open Pairs, Swiss Pairs, IMP Pairs a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking value of $10 per session. (K) Evening Open Pairs ...... $4500 with the director who delivered the original ruling. • Any player under the age of 21 years will be ...... plus 50% of entry fee The table director will fill out paperwork regarding entitled to coupons that can be used for any the appeal, and the appellants will explain what event. These coupons have a value of $10 per Organizers session. China Association they believe to be wrong with the initial ruling. Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television From there, the case may be handled by a variety • Any player 19 years and under will be granted and Sports of Hainan Province Government of Sanya City of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the free plays for each session of regionally rated case, the circumstances of that particular case will events. determine whether the case can be resolved by the • Players under the age of 26 years named For more information, please visit hnbridge.cn original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law to teams to represent the U.S., Canada and or regulation, for instance), Mexico in world competitions for NABCs a panel of directors, or even occurring between the time they are named a committee-type hearing to the team and the world championship will which could include bridge receive free plays at NABCs when playing experts. with members of their team or members of another team representing Zone 2. Page 14 Saturday, July 20, 2019 Daily Bulletin

persuasive. Overtricks are everything Slow play In consultation with the DIC of the By Barry Rigal Slow play, especially habitual slow play, is tournament, the TD may require that a particular Boards 25 and 26 from the first qualifying a violation of law and subject to penalty. When pair not play in a specified segment, not play session of the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs are a a pair has fallen behind, it is incumbent on them against a specified pair or not play together as fine combination of pairs deals where the overtrick to make up the time lost as quickly as possible a pair. The foregoing is expected to be applied is critical. whether at fault or not. All players are expected only due to egregious circumstances or to unduly to make a concerted effort to catch up when they repetitious offenders. Dlr: North ♠ 9 have fallen behind, regardless of the reason for An appeal of an action taken by a TD with Vul: E-W ♥ A K Q 10 9 5 2 their lateness. regard to time may be taken to the Director in Bd: 25 ♦ K 10 In the absence of compelling evidence to the Charge of the tournament, and no further. For ♣ 9 8 7 contrary, the director should presume that a pair NABC+ KO events, the TD is charged with the ♠ Q 8 4 ♠ A 10 6 5 finishing a round late by more than two or three responsibility to ensure that each KO match ♥ J 8 ♥ 4 minutes on more than one occasion during a segment finishes within the allotted time. While ♦ A J 4 3 ♦ Q 9 8 7 session is responsible for the lateness. There is a a time monitor may be employed, the lack of a ♣ Q 10 4 2 ♣ K 6 5 3 strong expectation that the director will penalize monitor in no way limits the TD’s authority to ♠ K J 7 3 2 such a pair. The size of a penalty will tend to apply one or more of the remedies listed below. ♥ 7 6 3 increase for subsequent instances of slow play and The TD may choose to ignore an occasional ♦ 6 5 2 for chronic or egregious slow play. minor late finish. The TD may remove one or ♣ A J While warnings typically will be given before more boards from a segment. The TD may award a penalty is assessed, failure to do so in no way no score (when neither team is more at fault), an On Board 25, North plays 4♥, and at our table, limits the director’s authority to issue a penalty. assigned score (when a result already exists at North had made a showing short spades. Players are expected to be aware, in a general one table which the TD wishes to preserve) or an East led a diamond, which West won and continued sense, of time used and remaining in a segment artificial score in IMPs. Every effort should be the suit (the ♦3, making the position clear to East). in which they are playing regardless of whether a made to remove boards before they can be played Having avoided the club lead, declarer is now clock is in use or a time announcement has been at either table, but not having done so does not focused on the overtrick. He should test one round made. An excuse of “no announcement” or “no preclude removing one or more later. of trumps and then lead a spade, intending to put clock immediately visible” will not be considered up the king. (If the jack forces the ace, it does no good.) When a third diamond comes back, North ruffs and draws the remaining . Then a club to the ace, ♠K and a spade sees the ♥7 as the entry for two discards of losing clubs. If the ♠Q does not drop, declarer just gives up a club and ruffs a club.

Dlr: East ♠ 7 Vul: Both ♥ Q J 10 8 Bd: 26 ♦ J 8 6 3 ♣ Q 9 7 5 ♠ Q J 4 2 ♠ A K 9 8 ♥ K ♥ 9 7 5 Learn two useful doubles ♦ K Q 9 ♦ A 10 7 4 2 that happen every time ♣ A 10 8 6 3 ♣ 4 ♠ 10 6 5 3 you play! ♥ A 6 4 3 2 ♦ 5 This seminar is for players who want to ♣ K J 2 expand their understanding of the game. The goal is to give you a fast, fun and I’m sure the majority of the field played 4♠. interesting overview of takeout doubles Declarer, East, can always take 11 tricks by ruffing and also teach you how a bid works. clubs in hand. That produces four spades, five diamonds, a club and a club ruff. But how tempting Date: July 21 is it to go for 12? Time: 1-5 p.m. After the ♥A and a club shift, you win the Location: Check page 2 of Daily Bulletin ♣A, ruff a club, then cross to a diamond and ruff Cost: Only $20 when you pre-register another club. Next, unblock the ♠A K, lead a at acbl.org/reglbiad diamond up . . . and South ruffs in and cashes a $25 at the door. heart! Course includes student workbook, Note also that after the ♥A lead and a diamond presentation and practice hands. shift, the only way to come to 11 tricks is to put up an honor from dummy. If you put in the ♦9, then More info: whether North covers or not, the suit is blocked! Email [email protected] Age requirement or Senior events You must at least 60 years old to play in ACBL Senior events. Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 20, 2019 Page 15

attend the meeting and wish to be counted towards determined by New York law, ACBL’s Certificate 2019 Annual General the quorum must sign in by 9:15 a.m. and receive of Incorporation, ACBL Bylaws or some other a bright orange voting paddle. No proxies are ACBL regulation and cannot be described in this Membership Meeting permitted, and you may not “loan” your voting article with any particularity. If you are looking The ACBL’s General Membership Meeting, paddle to another person. You may attend the for the requirements for an effective proposal or held annually, will take place in the Gracia meeting, be physically present yet choose to not the impact of any anticipated vote, please refer to Ballroom on the third floor of The Cosmopolitan be counted towards the quorum by bypassing the these documents prior to the meeting or contact In- beginning at 9 a.m. (or shortly thereafter) on sign-in station. Sign-in will close at 9:15 a.m. with House Counsel via email at [email protected]. Sunday, July 21, 2019. The agenda includes no exceptions. Latecomers will not be counted To calculate a majority of those voting at the reports from the ACBL Executive Director, towards the quorum. meeting, each question will require a yay, nay or Chief Financial Officer and In-House Counsel. The sign-in station for the General abstention vote. Attendees are encouraged to assist Additionally, proposals from the membership Membership Meeting will be separate from that us in counting votes by holding high your orange in proper form will be accepted if a quorum for the Board of Governors’ meeting. Members voting paddle until each count is concluded. is present. This meeting has been duly called of the Board of Governors must also sign in for Please return your voting paddles to the according to ACBL Bylaws. the General Membership Meeting in order to be marked box located at the back of the room at the Determination of Quorum counted. conclusion of the meeting. A quorum for the 2019 General Membership Action by ACBL Membership Your cooperation is appreciated. Meeting is 250 ACBL members from at least If a quorum is present, the act of a majority 13 districts. As many members in any district of members voting at the meeting will be the act may attend as are interested but, for quorum of the voting membership, unless the issue or Notice of binding purposes, no district may comprise more than question on which the membership is voting is one 20% of the 250-member minimum. This means arbitration which, by New York law, the ACBL’s Certificate that only the first 50 members from any one By becoming an ACBL member or renewing of Incorporation or its Bylaws, requires a different district will be counted towards the quorum to your membership in the ACBL, you expressly vote. If any one of those documents requires ensure representation across the entire ACBL agree to waive your right to have disputes between a different voting percentage for passage, that membership. The General Membership Meeting you and the ACBL resolved in a court of law document will control the question or issue. If no will take place even if a quorum is not present. and agree to accept the use of binding arbitration quorum is present, no official actions may occur. Sign-in Required before the American Arbitration Association. The The practical requirements and effect of Sign-in will begin at approximately 8:15 a.m. binding arbitration provisions are available for any member proposal or official vote will be outside the meeting room. ACBL Members who review at acbl.org/bindingarbitration. Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Sunday, July 21, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Sunday-Monday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Saturday-Sunday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Friday-Sunday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Sunday, July 21, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $15 299er Swiss Teams single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 Bridge-Plus+ single Condesa 3, 2nd floor Free Free Free lesson, followed by game (14 deals). Sunday, July 21, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Daylight A/X Pairs (unlimited/6000) 1-2 Mont-Royal, 4th floor $20 $24 Daylight B/C Pairs (3000/1500) 1-2 Mont-Royal, 4th floor $20 $24 Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Outside Belmont 5, 4th floor $20 $24 Daylight A/X/Y Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Nolita 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Daylight Bracketed B Round-Robin Teams (0-3000) 1-2 Nolita 1, 4th floor $20 $24 No player over 3000. Brackets of eight teams by average MPs. Three teams in each bracket earn gold. Sunday, July 21, Noon & 7 p.m. MOREHEAD GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT 1-2 F Castellana, 3rd floor $30 GOLDMAN GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, FLIGHT A 1-2 F Castellana, 3rd floor $22 All: fees of $20/ SHEINWOLD GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, FLIGHT B 1-2 F Castellana, 3rd floor $22 } session/team apply MacNAB GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, FLIGHT C 1-2 F Castellana, 3rd floor $22 Sunday, July 21, 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 5th single Outside Brera 4, 3rd floor $20 $24 Sunday, July 21, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTER PAIRS 1-2 F Gracia 3, 3rd floor $30 — BRUCE LM-6000 PAIRS 1-2 F Gracia 4, 3rd floor $22 — YOUNG 0-2500 PAIRS 1-2 F Gracia 4, 3rd floor $22 — 0-10,000 NABC PAIRS 1-2 F Gracia 4, 3rd floor $22 ­— Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Gracia, 3rd floor $20 $24 A/X Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000) 1-2 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 B/C Swiss Teams (3000/1500) 1-2 Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Gold Rush Swiss Teams (750/300/200) 1-2 Inside Belmont 4, 4th floor $20 $24 Sunday Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Saturday-Sunday Knockout Teams 3-4 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Sunday, July 21, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 4th floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 4th floor $15 $15 299er Swiss Teams single Outside Brera 2, 4th floor $15 $19 Sunday, July 21, 7:30 p.m. A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams (3000/1500/750) 1-2 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 6th single Outside Brera 4, 3rd floor $20 $24 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 4th floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 4th floor $15 $15 299er Swiss Teams single Outside Brera 2, 4th floor $15 $19 Sunday, July 21, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Outside Brera 2, 4th floor $16/team/match

Unless otherwise noted: Three-flight open events are stratified as A/X (6000+/0-6000), B/C (1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200). Two-flight open events are stratified as A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200) or as A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000) and B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/0-750) if there is no Gold Rush. One-flight open events are stratified as A (3000+), B (750-3000) and C (0-750). Stratification is based on averaging the masterpoints of a pair or team. Eligibility for limited events will be based on the point holding of the highest player, so no player with more than 3000 may play in B/C events nor the Bracketed B Teams, no player with more than 750 may play in Gold Rush events, and no player with more than 300 may play in 299er events. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. **International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Page 16 Saturday, July 20, 2019 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Junior Day Saturday, July 20, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Saturday-Sunday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Friday-Sunday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Saturday, July 20, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $15 Bridge-Plus single Condesa 3, 2nd floor Free Free Free lesson, followed by game (14 deals). Saturday, July 20, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Mont-Royal, 4th floor $20 $24 Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Outside Belmont 5, 4th floor $20 $24 Daylight Open Swiss Teams (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Nolita, 4th floor $20 $24 Saturday, July 20, Noon & 7 p.m. MOREHEAD GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT 1-2 SF Castellana, 3rd floor $30 GOLDMAN GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, FLIGHT A 1-2 SF Castellana, 3rd floor $22 All: Screen fees of $20/ SHEINWOLD GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, FLIGHT B 1-2 SF Castellana, 3rd floor $22 } session/team apply MacNAB GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, FLIGHT C 1-2 SF Castellana, 3rd floor $22 Saturday, July 20, 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single Inside Belmont 4, 4th floor $20 $24 Saturday, July 20, 1 & 7:30 p.m. 0-10,000 NABC PAIRS 1-2 Q Gracia, 3rd floor $22 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTER PAIRS 1-2 SF Gracia, 3rd floor $30 — BRUCE LM-6000 PAIRS 1-2 SF Outside Brera 4, 3rd floor $22 — YOUNG 0-2500 PAIRS 1-2 SF Outside Brera 4, 3rd floor $22 — Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Inside Belmont 4, 4th floor $20 $24 Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Saturday-Sunday Knockout Teams 1-2 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Friday-Saturday Knockout Teams 3-4 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Saturday, July 20, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $15 Saturday, July 20, 7:30 p.m. A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) single Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams (3000/1500/750) single Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single Inside Belmont 4, 4th floor $20 $24 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $15 Saturday, July 20, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $16/team/match Junior Zip Knockout Teams (25 and younger) single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor Free

Unless otherwise noted: Three-flight open events are stratified as A/X (6000+/0-6000), B/C (1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200). Two-flight open events are stratified as A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200) or as A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000) and B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/0-750) if there is no Gold Rush. One-flight open events are stratified as A (3000+), B (750-3000) and C (0-750). Stratification is based on averaging the masterpoints of a pair or team. Eligibility for limited events will be based on the point holding of the highest player, so no player with more than 3000 may play in B/C events nor the Bracketed B Teams, no player with more than 750 may play in Gold Rush events, and no player with more than 300 may play in 299er events. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. **International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

gaming streamer, is would take up bridge if it wasn’t so damn hard to “The Kids Table” ambivalent. Although learn. The group’s teachers, Brian Reynolds and she doesn’t put a Samantha MacDouglas, try to keep an emphasis on premieres Sunday great deal of effort making sure their students are having fun, but they The world premiere of a new bridge into it, natural talent recognize it doesn’t always work. “Bridge isn’t for documentary will be held Sunday at The overcomes that, and everyone,” MacDouglas says. Cosmopolitan, followed by a panel discussion with she comes to embrace But in order for it to be for anyone, they have the cast. the game as she to be aware it exists. The movie aims to create The movie follows four millennials learning discovers she’s good an awareness of bridge in an audience the ACBL bridge as complete beginners over the course of at it. Paul Stanko, badly wants to reach. That’s why it was financed by a year as they take private lessons, play in Los an actor, detests the the ACBL Educational Foundation. Angeles-area clubs and compete in their first game. It’s too much The premiere is at 8 p.m. Sunday in Condesa 3 tournaments. work, and he can’t on the second floor. Tickets are $10 and available How the four of them experience bridge find any fun in it. at bridgekidsdoc.com. A download of the hour-long varies with their personalities. Edd Benda, the His experience highlights the challenge film is available along with admission for $15. The filmmaker, and Monique Thomas, a comedian, in growing the game in general and recruiting production also has a booth on the fourth floor in love it immediately and strive to improve at it young players specifically: Sure, lots of people the vendors area outside the Belmont Ballroom. and become competitive. Stefanie Woodburn, a

Fee: $15 covers both sessions. Sign up at the door. Club Date: Tuesday and Wednesday, July 23-24 Time: 9 am to noon, both days Director Location: Check page 2 of Daily Bulletin

This continuing education course for club directors Refresher covers updates to Chapters 4 and 5 of the ACBL handbook. Participants must attend both sessions Course (Tuesday and Wednesday).